---
type: "Bill"
title: "make an appropriation for costs related to the suppression of wildfires impacting the state and to declare an emergency."
description: "make an appropriation for costs related to the suppression of wildfires impacting the state and to declare an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 68"
citation: "South Dakota SB 68 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriation", "Emergency Clause", "Executive/Judiciary Request", "Firefighters", "Fund", "Uncodified Acts"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 11
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-01-13"
last_action: "2026-02-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/97705664-319e-4c14-a52e-5b3bace8602e"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26695"
source_hash: "e16b6950ff1493efdaf7783ddd88ad0a1f8d7b5cbe52b3c3a64d28d467222e2a"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-sd"]
---

# South Dakota SB 68 (2026) — make an appropriation for costs related to the suppression of wildfires impacting the state and to declare an emergency.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26695/293251)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26695/303275)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **61–1** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **18–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Senate Committee on Appropriations — primary (organization)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2026-01-13** First read in Senate and referred to Senate Committee on Appropriations S.J. 11 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-01-21** Referred to , Passed, Joint Committee on Appropriations S.J. 74 `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-09** Scheduled for hearing J.J. 1
- **2026-02-09** Committee on Appropriations Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 18, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-10** Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 34, NAYS 0 S.J. 234 `passage`
- **2026-02-11** First read in House and referral to committee waived pursuant to JR 6D-1 H.J. 295 `introduction, reading-1`
- **2026-02-12** House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 61, NAYS 1 H.J. 323 `passage`
- **2026-02-17** Signed by the President S.J. 285 `passage`
- **2026-02-18** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 362 `passage`
- **2026-02-19** Delivered to the Governor on 2026-02-19 S.J. 308 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-02-25** Signed by the Governor on 2026-02-25 S.J. 392 `executive-signature, executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/97705664-319e-4c14-a52e-5b3bace8602e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).